Asia Archive

International buy-side trade body ICI Global has targeted closer ties to Chinese asset managers by opening a Hong Kong office led by an Asian regulatory veteran. read more>

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing will target mutual market access initiatives with mainland China as part of plans to revitalise its equity markets after a four-year volume low. read more>

Australia’s market regulator has revealed that it is investigating a dark pool, as part of its latest report on the supervision of the country’s financial markets and market participants. read more>

Newedge, a global multi-asset broker, has appointed Shin Shinozuka to lead its Japan-based business. read more>

Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre, a Sydney-based think tank that examines market structure issues, has reshuffled its management team following the exit of its CEO. read more>

Market operator Nasdaq OMX has deployed its SMARTSOnline market surveillance system to the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation, the operator of a domestic fixed income market. read more>

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Reserve Bank of Australia have issued guidance outlining how the CPSS-IOSCO principles for financial market infrastructures apply to the country's clearing houses and settlement systems. read more>

The Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has appointed Nick Ronalds as managing director, equities. read more>

Pine River Capital Management has selected FlexTrade Systems, a provider of multi-asset order and execution management systems, to support its global trading activity. read more>

The Australian Securities Exchange is targeting greater connectivity to its markets from international trading firms with the launch of ASX Net Global, its new low-latency network. read more>